Thursday June 12th... Finish work at 1.30pm and meet up with Peter for a long weekend in Germany: World Superbikes at the Nurburgring. An easy ride down to Dover, stopping en-route at Birchanger (next to Stansted Airport) services off the M11 for a coffee.
We arrived with plenty of time to spare before loading onto the ferry. The people looking after us on the dockside were very helpful - letting us know what was happening, and when we'd be loaded. Well done Norfolk Line (or the port authority, whoever they worked for).
Onto the ferry and here are a few pictures as we sailed away with the sun setting behind us.
The hotel at Ho-he Acht. Well, not actually at Ho-he Acht, but just down the road, as Ho-he Acht is actually the highest point in the Eifel mountains. We found it by a circuitous route, having taken a turning too early as we passed the Nurburgring Racetrack and ended up in Adenau where no-one seems to have heard of this hotel.
The hotel is the Berghotel and I can recommend it as a good budget offering.
This is the view from the front of the hotel
Juan Manuel Fangio - well, a statue of him
A great plaque on the wall, in the shape of the Nordschleiffe, with the names of many famous racers.
#And finally ... I just had to add a sticker (or two) to the bike
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